Is Child Obesity Prevention Can Cope Up With The Challenge?
There’s an ample evidence that suggest that early prevention efforts has to start at the very early age in life, from the mother’s womb up to its toddler years, as far as child obesity is concerned. The evidence has further suggested that childhood obesity is difficult to alter by the time when they are in their preschool years. The following findings suggest that: *** Babies are at risk for being obese later if they sleep less than 12 hours and even greater risk if they are watching 2 hours or more on TV daily while don’t have enough sleep. *** Mothers who smoke during pregnancy, the babies are at risk of becoming obese though they are usually small at birth. *** That chubby babies, nice looking though may be growing too much for his or her own good, as research suggests. Doctors have recommended that overweight women should lose weight before pregnancy, to avoid the risk of having obese and diabetic children. Breastfeeding is highly recommended to lower the risk of obesity in childre
